#38B4CB#38B4CB

#38B4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4CB
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -25.95, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 33.64, 219.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0924 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.11 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7270, 37.7917, 62.2688)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4CB #CB4F38

analogous

#38CB99 #38B4CB #386ACB

triadic

#38B4CB #CB38B4 #B4CB38

tetradic

#38B4CB #9938CB #CB4F38 #6ACB38

square

#38B4CB #9938CB #CB4F38 #6ACB38

split-complementary

#38B4CB #CB386A #CB9938

monochromatic

#1C606C #298B9D #38B4CB #69C6D8 #99D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#38B4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4CB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4CB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#38b4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4cb;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71278,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4CB

secondary

#D0998F

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4CB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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